Competitive Information for Galarian Darmanitan [Sword/Shield]
Ice / Fire
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Darmanitan-galar-zen? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sword/Shield Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Darmanitan is a pretty decent Ice and Fire-typed Pokemon. It's usual to find yourself dealing with Darmanitan when battling in the 8th generation meta. Darmanitan is considered strong enough to compete with Uber tiered Pokemon. Darmanitan is weak to Fighting, Ground, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Charti Berry
Ability: Zen Mode
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 24 Hp / 252 Atk / 116 Def / 116 SpD
Moveset:
- Flare Blitz / Fire Punch
- Superpower / Hammer Arm
- Icicle Crash / Ice Punch
- Earthquake
Physical Sweeper Darmanitan-Galar-Zen (Zen Mode)
Darmanitan is an interesting Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Darmanitan from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Zen Mode, if darmanitan at end of turn changes mode to standard if > 1/2 max hp else zen. With a Charti Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective rock-type attack then the Charti Berry gets consumed.
◆ Fire Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
◆ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Darmanitan's attack and defense by 1 stage).
◆ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Darmanitan's speed by 1 stage).
◆ Icicle Crash is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Ice-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Ice Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
◆ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Darmanitan-galar-zen? These builds have been optimized for Sword/Shield Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Item: Focus Sash / Charti Berry
Ability: Zen Mode
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 24 Hp / 252 Atk / 116 Def / 116 SpD
Moveset:
- Flare Blitz / Fire Punch
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide
- Superpower / Hammer Arm
Doubles Physical Sweeper Darmanitan-Galar-Zen (Zen Mode)
Darmanitan is an astounding Physical Sweeper for double battles. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Darmanitan from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Zen Mode, if darmanitan at end of turn changes mode to standard if > 1/2 max hp else zen. With a Charti Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective rock-type attack then the Charti Berry gets consumed.
◆ Fire Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
◆ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
◆ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent Pokemon speed by 1 stage).
◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Darmanitan's attack and defense by 1 stage).
◆ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Darmanitan's speed by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Darmanitan-galar-zen learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Darmanitan-galar-zen can perform in Sword/Shield. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive SS Move and Ability Combos for Darmanitan-galar-zen
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Belly drum + Rest
- Moves: Endure + Reversal
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- Moves: Yawn + Protect
- Moves: Body Press + Bulk Up
- Moves: Body Press + Iron Defense
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Yawn, Will-O-Wisp, Burning Jealousy
Moves that boost Darmanitan-galar-zen's stats
- Belly Drum
- Bulk Up
- Iron Defense
- Power-Up Punch
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Darmanitan-galar-zen
- Earthquake
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Darmanitan-galar-zen in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
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